jodal/pykka

🌀 Pykka makes it easier to build concurrent Python applications.

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🌀 Pykka

Pykka makes it easier to build concurrent applications.

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Pykka is a Python implementation of the actor model. The actor model introduces some simple rules to control the sharing of state and cooperation between execution units, which makes it easier to build concurrent applications.

Installation

Pykka has no dependencies other than Python 3.11 or newer. It can be installed from PyPI:

$ python3 -m pip install pykka

Next up, check out the documentation.

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License

Pykka is copyright 2010-2026 Stein Magnus Jodal and contributors. Pykka is licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.

actor-model
concurrency
python

jodal/pykka

🌀 Pykka makes it easier to build concurrent Python applications.

Python

1,337

1,124 commits

updated Oct 10, 2026

See the code

README

🌀 Pykka

Pykka makes it easier to build concurrent applications.

CI Docs Coverage PyPI


Pykka is a Python implementation of the actor model. The actor model introduces some simple rules to control the sharing of state and cooperation between execution units, which makes it easier to build concurrent applications.

Installation

Pykka has no dependencies other than Python 3.11 or newer. It can be installed from PyPI:

$ python3 -m pip install pykka

Next up, check out the documentation.

Project resources

License

Pykka is copyright 2010-2026 Stein Magnus Jodal and contributors. Pykka is licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.

actor-model
concurrency
python

Project health

Overall

6.4/10

Maintained

10/10

Code review

0/10
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Latest release

4.5.0 · Oct 10, 2026

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